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      First Love

      Released Jan 30, 2004 1h 37m Drama Romance List
      53% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 55% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Unhappy with his girlfriend's (Michela Cescon) weight, a goldsmith (Vitaliano Trevisan) obsessively monitors her food consumption. Read More Read Less

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      Dallas Morning News Rated: B+ May 14, 2005 Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times An elegantly told tale of obsession. Rated: 3/5 Apr 28, 2005 Full Review Jami Bernard New York Daily News It feels like a sketch for a larger work that would go beyond the well-worn insights of diet literature. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 8, 2005 Full Review Rex Roberts Film Journal International As lovely to watch as it is painful to contemplate. Feb 22, 2007 Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Perhaps it's appropriate that a tale about the avoidance of food should be so unappetizing, but that doesn't make it any more enjoyable to watch. Rated: C- May 21, 2005 Full Review Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com This is not a great date movie, unless you know your partner will let you have popcorn AND candy and not make you suffer for it later. Rated: 3/5 May 13, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      nefasto r I wanted to like it, because I wanted to like everything from Garrone. Unfortunately this is a one trick pony, a boring pony! Plus I don't like the accents from north Italy (I am from north Italy, so I am allowed to say that). Only thing that I save: the soundtrack. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a very interesting and disturbing movie. It illustrated so well emotional abuse, anorexia and so much more. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Taip intymiai ir giliai prasidejes, pasibaige gana didele depresija bei soku. Filmas geras. Idomus. Muzika be proto grazi. Skaiciau, jog apie meile, bet drisciau abejoti. Tai labiau apie paklusnuma, baime, alki ir tik tada meile. Kazkas sake, kad tai filmas, kuri ijungia berniukas mergaitei, duoda popkornu ir tikisi atlygio. Toki apibuinima galeciau priskirti gal labiau amerikanskoms komedijoms. Primo Amore skamba gana paradoksiskai. Nes pirma meile pastarajame filme ko gero yra ir tiesiogine ta zodzio prasme paskutine. Tikrai labai patiko. Beje, tai to paties rezisieriaus, kur ir Gomora kure. Keistas nesusipratimas, nes filmai totaliai skirtingi. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member “Primo Amore” illustrates a controlling relationship that spirals into verbal abuse and finally a disastrous outcome. For anyone who questions how a person can fall into an abusive relationship, this is the film to watch. Not on Valentine’s day of course. :) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member It's like "Whats Love Got To Do With It?" except the tag should be: "You ain't gonna eat this cake!" Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member "Matteo Garrone non aveva altra scelta per il titolo di questo film. Fosse stato anche solo il secondo, non si sarebbe tanto dannata." (sentita durante un dibattito con l'autore al termine della proiezione) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Unhappy with his girlfriend's (Michela Cescon) weight, a goldsmith (Vitaliano Trevisan) obsessively monitors her food consumption.
      Director
      Matteo Garrone
      Screenwriter
      Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Vitaliano Trevisan
      Distributor
      Strand Releasing
      Production Co
      Fandango, Medusa Film
      Genre
      Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      Italian
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 30, 2004, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Aug 16, 2005
      Runtime
      1h 37m